Jack Johnson

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human professional boxer world heavyweight boxing champion

Jack Johnson was the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion, renowned for his dominance in the early 20th century and his challenge to racial barriers in sports.

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Jack Johnson canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
professional boxer ⓘ
world heavyweight boxing champion ⓘ
causeOfDeath car accident ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1878-03-31 ⓘ
dateOfConviction 1913 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1946-06-10 ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1910-07-04 ⓘ
dateOfHonor 2018-05-24 ⓘ
dateOfImprisonment 1920 ⓘ
dateOfTitleLoss 1915-04-05 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
givenName John ⓘ
honor posthumous presidential pardon ⓘ
imprisonedAt United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth ⓘ
knownFor being the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion ⓘ
challenging racial barriers in early 20th-century sports ⓘ
legalIssue conviction under the Mann Act ⓘ
lostTitleTo Jess Willard ⓘ
memberOf International Boxing Hall of Fame ⓘ
nickname Jack Johnson ⓘ
The Galveston Giant ⓘ
notableFight Jack Johnson vs. James J. Jeffries ⓘ
Jack Johnson vs. Jess Willard ⓘ
Jack Johnson vs. Stanley Ketchel ⓘ
occupation boxer ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
nightclub owner ⓘ
opponent James J. Jeffries ⓘ
Jess Willard ⓘ
Stanley Ketchel ⓘ
opponentDefeatedForTitle Tommy Burns ⓘ
outcome victory by technical knockout ⓘ
placeOfBirth Galveston ⓘ
surface form: Galveston, Texas, United States
placeOfDeath Franklin County, North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Franklin County, North Carolina, United States
placeOfEvent Reno, Nevada, United States ⓘ
placeOfTitleLoss Havana, Cuba ⓘ
placeOfTitleWin Sydney ⓘ
surface form: Sydney, Australia
positionPlayed heavyweight boxer ⓘ
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
Galveston ⓘ
surface form: Galveston, Texas, United States

Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sport boxing ⓘ
spouse Etta Terry Duryea ⓘ
Irene Pineau ⓘ
Lucille Cameron ⓘ
startTimeOfTitle 1908-12-26 ⓘ
subjectOf documentary "Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson" ⓘ
The Great White Hope (1970 film) ⓘ
surface form: film "The Great White Hope"
weightClass heavyweight ⓘ
worldChampionTitle World Heavyweight Champion ⓘ

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Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, United States → hasNotableBurial → Jack Johnson ⓘ
subject surface form: Graceland Cemetery
Graceland Cemetery → burialPlaceOf → Jack Johnson ⓘ
Bitches Brew → followedBy → Jack Johnson ⓘ
World Heavyweight Champion → notableHolder → Jack Johnson ⓘ